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50:48
Wildcat at Mead
1972 documentary about a seven-week wildcat strike at Mead Packaging Corp. in Atlanta, during which almost all of the majority-Black workforce stayed out and won significant community support. The film was made by the October League, a communist group that played an important role in the strike. This version was digitized by a former member of the October League.
06:24
March on Washington for Immigration Reform
On the bus to historic March 21 immigration rally in Washington, DC with the Immigrant Youth Justice League. Legalization for all now!
19:26
Atlanta Post-Election Reflection: Bruce Dixon
BRUCE DIXON, Managing Editor of Black Agenda ReportA habitual troublemaker and incorrigible activist, Bruce Dixon has been comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable since 1968.As a rank and file member of the Black Panther Party in 1969-1970, a 1970s rank-and-file union activist in a string of factories, plants and workplaces, a 1980s community organizer in what were then some of the nation's poorest neighborhoods, to organizing and consulting through the 1990s Dixon has built an impressive record of service in and to the cause of human liberation.In 2002 he began writing articles for Black Commentator, the predecessor of Black Agenda Report, and broke the first accurate analyses of the phenomena around the election of Denise Majette over Cynthia McKinney in Georgia that year.As managing editor at BAR, Dixon is chiefly responsible for maintaining this web site. He currently resides in metro Atlanta.http://www.blackagendareport.com
12:55
Atlanta Post-Election Reflection: Kali Akuno
What lessons about Atlanta politics can we draw from the recent mayoral elections?What are the possibilities and limitations of building movements for social change in the coming years?This forum will feature left perspectives from Bruce Dixon (Managing Editor, Black Agenda Report), Kali Akuno (National Organizer, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement), and a speaker from Atlanta BLOCS, to be followed by an open discussion.
13:13
Jonah McAllister: Solidarity 2009 Northeast Regional Conf.
Jonah McAllister-Erickson, Thomas Merton Center Anti-War Committee Co-Chair, talks about his experience organizing the G-20 demonstrations in Pittsburgh, the current state of the U.S. anti-war movement and the challenges of rebuilding it at the grassroots. From the "New Imperialism & The Global Fightback" plenary. You can view the Solidarity New York branch website at www.nysolidarity.org (with links to other conference videos and our current activities) and the national website at www.solidarity-us.org.
